Analytical solutions to a tapering multicylinder somatic shunt cable model for passive neurones

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 137-165

  Evans, J D ^a   Kember, G C ^b  

^a ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DENDRITE; HIPPOCAMPUS; PERIKARYON; PYRAMIDAL NERVE CELL; SHUNTING;

DENDRITES; HIPPOCAMPUS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEURONS;

EID: 0031863818     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(98)00004-2     Document Type: Article

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